Irate activists demand resignation of IGP; HM pledges action against Nirmala’s guilty within a week

Kathmandu / Oct 4: Activists demanding Justice for Nirmala staged a demonstration in front of the south gate of country’s administrative centre, Singha Durbar, today.

The agitated activists demanded resignation of Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Inspector General of Police Sarbendra Khanal on grounds of home administration’s failure to identify Nirmala Panta’s culprit.

On Wednesday, Home Minister Thapa had remarked that the rape and murder case of Nirmala Panta had been ‘unnecessarily politicised’.

Slight clash ensued between police and activists for a brief while.

Meanwhile, the student wings of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have submitted a memorandum to the Home Minister today demanding that the Inspector General of Police Sarbendra Khanal be sacked.

Action against Nirmala’s guilty within a week: Home Minister

Meanwhile, Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has expressed commitment to take action against the guilty of Nirmala Panta rape and murder case within a week.

Receiving a memorandum submitted by student organizations close to the Communist Party of Nepal, today, the Home Minister said that the report submitted by Probe Committee formed to investigate the Nirmala Panta case would be made public soon. The student organizations submitted the memo to the Home Minister demanding immediate action against the guilty.

The student organsiations suggested that the government must focus the investigation on the Bam sisters, the Superintendent of Police of Kanchanpur, and other suspected police officers.

The memorandum contains the students’ demand to sack the police chief since the Nepal Police has failed to make the security body effective in the security of the citizens. They also stressed on keeping provisions for handing life imprisonment against those involved in rape, acid attack and such heinous crimes.

The student leaders also drew government’s attention to control series of rape, acid attack and murder incidents taking place in the country every day.

All Nepal National Free Students Union Chairperson Nabina Lama, and All Nepal National Independent Student Union (Revolutionary) Ranjit Tamang, among others had reached Home Ministry to submit the memo. RSS